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A method in which production of an item begins in advance of customer needs is called:

A) the andon method.
B) the pull method.
C) the jidoka method.
D) the push method.

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In the Toyota Production System, when a work station needs more material, it is obvious to both the worker and the supplier that material is needed. Further, the amount needed must be understood as well as the delivery time for replenishment.

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A ________ is based on both a withdrawal card and a production-order card, to control inventory quantities more closely.

Which one of the following is an advantage of lean systems?

Burdell Salad Dressings uses a Kanban system. The daily demand for corrugated boxes used in packaging its dressings is 300 boxes. The average waiting time for a container of boxes is 0.25 day. The processing time for a container of boxes is 0.1 day, and a container holds 10 boxes. If Burdell wishes to use a 5% policy variable, what is the level of work in process inventory in their plant?

Regarding the Eight Types of Waste that must be eliminated to implement lean systems, manufacturing an item before it is needed is part of which general waste category?

Quality at the source is a philosophy whereby defects are caught and corrected where they are created.

Regarding the Eight Types of Waste that must be eliminated to implement lean systems, using expensive high precision equipment when a simpler machine would suffice is part of which general waste category?

In a ________ system based on other Kanban signals, an empty space signals a need to fill it.

Champion Cooling Company uses a kanban system at their two locations in the Oklahoma City Metroplex. The daily demand for fans is 2,000 at each location and management insists on using the same alpha level (0.1) at both locations. Location Reno uses containers that hold 20 items and takes 0.04 of a day to process a container. It takes 0.07 of a day to get a container filled and for it to wait during its cycle. Location Western uses containers that hold 24 items and takes 0.02 of a day to process a container. It takes 0.08 of a day to get a container filled and for it to wait during its cycle. Which location has the higher level of inventory? Assume that both locations round up to the next highest integer number of containers.

Which one of the following statements regarding the Toyota production system is best?

What is the difference between the "push" and "pull" methods of material flow? Which method does lean systems use?

Scenario 6.1 El Gran Raton, the producers of the finest carpincho wallets in all of Argentina, examined their production process in the form of a value stream map, displayed below. Daniel Penfield artist -In Scenario 6.1, what does the triangle between Process A and Process B represent?

In lean systems, if a defective product is found, which of the following is generally not done?

What are the supply chain implications of the lean system emphasis on small lot sizes?

JIT II refers to a form of supplier partnership that places a supplier representative, who is empowered to plan and schedule the replenishment of materials from the supplier, in the customer's plant on a full-time basis.

Heijunka is the leveling of production load by both volume and product mix.

Transforming a current process design to one embodying a ________ philosophy is a constant challenge for management, often fraught with implementation issues.

Lean systems use the standardization of components because standardization:

The lean system concept will not work without the proper environment. Which one of the following characteristics is most common to firms that have successfully implemented a lean system?